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Optics Express

Localized decay of excited atoms in cavities

Yonathan Japha, Gershon Kurizki, V. M. Akulin

Published Sep 15, 1997• 0 citations
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Abstract

Spontaneous decay of excited cold atoms into cavity can drastically affect their translational dynamics, namely, atomic reflection, transmission or localization in the cavity.
DOI
10.1364/oe.1.000134

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